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19 April 2024
American partners assure Ukraine they will transfer to Ukraine a new batch of military aid, including critical air defense capabilities, within weeks, immediately after the relevant legislation passes Congress and gets signed off by President.
Hungary is blocking the provision of EUR 450 million in compensation from the European budget to Poland for weapons previously donated to Ukraine. Therefore, this makes it difficult for Warsaw to transfer more packages of military aid to Kyiv.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said the survival of Ukraine is important for the United States, and reprimanded European allies for insufficient support for Kyiv.
18 April 2024
During a meeting with US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed Ukraine's needs for weapons and finance.
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have called on the U.S. Congress to continue supporting Ukraine against the backdrop of Russian aggression.
Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, believes that the war will continue as long as the Putin regime remains in power in the Russian Federation.
Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit.
The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act 2024, which the House of Representatives is planning to consider on Saturday, April 20, obliges the Departments of State and Defense to develop a strategy to help the country, containing specific and achievable goals and guaranteeing its ability to defend itself against future aggressions.
The heads of state and government of the EU countries, which are holding a two-day meeting in Brussels in the format of the European Council, have called on the European Council and EU member states to urgently provide Ukraine with air defense systems and missiles, which Ukraine needs to protect itself from Russian air attacks.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has visited Odesa and Chisinau, where he announced the allocation of an additional NOK 70 million ($6.4 million) in humanitarian aid to Moldova and Ukrainian refugees.
Ukrainian and Polish diplomats will hold consultations on security issues in Ukraine in the near future.
17 April 2024
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has held a meeting with the leader of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, and emphasized the importance of bipartisan support for Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden has expressed strong support for a package of aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which have been presented in the House of Representatives.
NATO has a significant number of air defense systems and part of them can be delivered to Ukraine.
House Republican leadership on Wednesday unveiled the legislative text for three bills that are part of a complicated plan by Speaker Mike Johnson to get aid to U.S. allies while addressing concerns from conservatives.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson has said that a vote on aid bills, including one that provides assistance for Ukraine, will take place this Saturday, April 20.
U.S. President Joe Biden has urged lawmakers to approve additional military aid for Ukraine and Israel as soon as possible.
President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council that will be held this Friday, April 19.
As part of his visit to the United States, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with students at the University of Chicago.
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee, after receiving a classified briefing from the Intelligence Community and senior officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense regarding the current situation in Ukraine, called on Congress to urgently approve an aid package to Kyiv.
16 April 2024
Ukraine will request convening a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on the protection of airspace, and the supply of air defense systems and missiles.
The U.S. Senate's Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, has said he hopes to get detailed proposals from House Speaker Mike Johnson on foreign aid, including aid to Ukraine and Israel, on Tuesday.
The Embassy of Ukraine has officially launched operations in the Republic of Mozambique.
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk in his speech at the PACE spring session in Strasbourg called on MEPs to support a resolution to help rebuild Ukraine and direct all efforts for a joint fight against the enemy.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine affects the interests of all international actors.
On Monday, April 22, the EU Council of Ministers will meet in the Jumbo format, which involves participation of foreign and defense ministers, to discuss the situation pf Ukraine and ways to speed up military aid to the nation.
Despite the change in political rhetoric due to a new government being elected last year and recently a new president, Bratislava will continue to provide support to Ukraine.
The Council of Europe and the PACE are leaders in supporting Ukraine and make important decisions helping the nation so lawmakers should discuss the issue of recovery and the compensation facility, which should work and ensure justice for Ukrainians, as a matter of priority.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed off the bill on amendments to certain legislative acts regarding military service, mobilization, and military registration, recently adopted by Ukraine’s Parliament.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Theodorus Roussopoulos discussed the security situation of Ukraine and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.